MOMBASA AS LANDLORD PORT

CentrePort Wellington chief executive Liz Ward indicated the cranes would be a significant driver in achieving greater productivity and service reliability. “Our business strategy is to grow revenue through an integrated logistics approach to port facilities, services and property interests, ” says Ms Ward. “However, CentrePort Wellington is foremost a port.

As part of a 25-year strategic plan, Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is to privatise many of its key services in line with government policy of turning Mombasa into a landlord port authority. High-profile services such as cargo handling will henceforth be undertaken by the private sector, although it is said this will not result in wholesale job losses.